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The Civil War movie sees a pair of seasoned war-journalists travel across a war torn US to try and get an interview with the president before he is ousted. I found it quite harrowing, not because of the horrors of war, but because it is so feasible that I could hear about this on the news in the not so distant future. Or maybe even closer to home, although since we're a less gun focused country I'm sure it would go a lot differently.

There are some very nice cinematographic touches. There is a lot of footage that is made via a montage of photos, as if taken by the journalists. The end credits start off with a blank white background that slowly develops into a black and white photo from the final scene.

I saw the Amy Winehouse biopic today and enjoyed it a lot. I don't really remember much about her life whilst it happened as I don't follow the news - especially the kind of trashy tabloids that would have been dredging up every titbit of "news" - so aside from knowing she'd won quite a few awards and then met a tragic early end, seeing how things played out was very interesting. And I found it very moving, especially the way the movie ended. But my tears dried on their own.

So it turns out the headings aren't showing up in Mastodon that I've been adding to my posts, so I need to make sure I post what movies I'm talking about.

I've recently watched Kung Fu Panda 4. It looks great. The soundtrack is good. But it's the 3rd sequel and they're not really doing anything new or different. It is enjoyable, popcorn fluff though, so if you enjoy the franchise you might find it worth watching.

I also saw the new Godzilla/Kong movie. I can't recall if I've seen the others in the franchise, but again this doesn't seem like anything new as sequels go. Monsters fighting each other, cities being laid to waste, human casualties piling up and the powers that be just shruging their shoulders and trying to make the best of it. It is amazing that there are any cities or people left. I did find it amusing that at least half of the dialogue is between the monsters. There are several scenes that consist of just monsters grunting, growling etc... at each other and if it weren't for the body language, it'd be very difficult to have any idea what is actually being discussed.

It is very violent, very very bloody and I enjoyed it a lot. I think they messed up a bit with the first trailer as it doesn't really give a good impression of what the movie is about. The second trailer however gives a much better idea of what sort of film you can expect. Dev Patel is impressively jacked, which makes it more believeable when he starts brutally wading through hordes of bad guys. I wonder if he's going to do more action orientated movies.